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The penultimate car delivered to the M.E.R, No.32 was built by the United Electric Car Company in Preston in 1906.
In the early hours of the morning, Comet Neowise sits perfectly above little Winkie Lighthouse at the very northern tip of the Isle of Man. I’m absolutely delighted with this image and it’s fair to say I’ll probably struggle to top this shot any time soon (maybe now is a good time to retire haha). Bright comets like this are exceptionally rare, with narrow windows of time when they look their best and temperamental island weather – a bad combination, so to pull this shot off took an awful lot of planning and a whole load of luck too. I feel it could well be one of those once in a lifetime shots for me. I was completely blown away by just how long the comets main dust tail was and the fact that the secondary blue ion tail is also clearly visible streaking off at a different angle. The manner in which the comet pointed straight down at the lighthouse too was also beyond all my expectations. Jaw dropping! Neowise can still be seen in the northern skies once dark – if you miss it, you’ll have to wait 6,766 years for it’s next visit ☄️
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It was here that with Ken's help I got to see a gull chick for the first time - think a big ball of grey fluff with a beak and legs. We left them in peace. I got a reasonably good shot later in the holiday.
A crumbling tholtan ruin and lone tree situated high up in magnificent Glen Dhoo exposed to the winter onslaught with a mix of snow and rain lashing down over the valley. The conditions when shooting this were absolutely appalling and it was one of those rare moments where I genuinely feared for my camera equipment. The air temperature must have been close to zero but most of the precipitation was falling as rain, very heavy rain at that! I was totally soaked down to the skin by the time I was finished and my camera geared for all intents and purposes, may as well have had a bath such was the soaking that was experienced.
I shoot with a mirrorless Nikon Z7 camera which is a 7-year-old body now but still going strong. Conditions like this goes to show the value of proper professional level weather sealing on camera gear, especially for avid landscape photographers.
This photo was an impromptu unplanned image that I captured before declaring defeat and hiking back out of the valley. It turned out to be my favourite image of the day because it perfectly captured the conditions and the desolate isolated atmosphere of this hidden valley. A bone chilling but wonderful photography experience!
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An aerial view of the Calf of Man with its three lighthouses.
The Calf is the island off the south coast of the Isle of Man, and currently boasts the world's highest density of lighthouses: the top and bottom lighthouses were built in 1818 by Robert Stevenson to warn mariners of the hazards of the Chicken Rocks off the south end of the Calf. These were replaced in 1875 by a lighthouse built on the Chicken Rocks themselves, and in 1968 a third (middle) lighthouse was built on the Calf after a severe fire destroyed the Chicken Rock light.
The Chicken Rock lighthouse was later rebuilt and the lighthouse on the Calf was permanently discontinued in 2007 following an upgrade to the Chicken Rock lighthouse.
culturevannin.im/exploremore/places/cronk-ny-merriu-718559
Cronk ny Merriu is an excellent example of a Manx promontory fort - Ken gave us an interesting talk about it, including how many people (and animals) that might have lived in the long house that was once there. There was already someone settled there and looking out to sea.
Also www.iomguide.com/cronknymerriu.php, viking.archeurope.com/settlement/isle-of-man/iom-archaeol... and www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Island%20sites/CronknyMerriu...
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MER 32 + 62 + Van 16 head north at Bulgham Bay ready to shunt before returning as part of the MER 125 Celebration Cavalcade.
The vessel, Anne Mette Bulker [IMO 9544152/MMSI 235090622] is a box-snapped log design handy-size bulk carrier registered in the Isle of Man. She is a part of the Lauritzen Bulkers A/S of Denmark fleet, has a deadweight of 38,118 tonnes, a gross tonnage of 23,950 and was built in 2012.
Tramcar No 7 on the Ramsey to Douglas Line , stopping here at Laxey Station, also seen is the tram car of the Snaefell Mountain Railway.
The Lhen Trench makes its final leg of its journey into the Irish Sea on the Northwest coast of the island. This image was captured super wide at 14mm with the camera tripod mounted low over the water rushing across the pebble beach. A 3 stop ND filter was used to slow my exposure time down to capture some water movement through the scene. Didn’t see another soul all evening – a lovely way to end a hectic day 🌅
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We caught a late morning steam train and did a circular walk from Castletown, disappointingly the rain set in as our walk finished so we hurried back to Douglas on the bus rather than enjoying final drinks as a group. A fantastic holiday and one that we have been telling lots of people about and so they may well be on future holidays.